I ended up taking half my case files with me just to spite Jeffery and his ridiculous demand. Since he was my boss, I couldn’t exactly tell him no… but there was a small sliver of rebellion I could get away with as long as I wasn’t too outlandish about it.

Before the sun even rose, I left Poughkeepsie. Since the drive to D.C. was just under six hours away, I wanted to make plenty of headway before I got stuck in the inevitable commuter traffic. I hoped to hit ...